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Leonard Peikoff’s Works

Dr. Leonard Peikoff, a longtime student of Ayn Rand, has dedicated his
career to understanding and explaining the philosophy of
Objectivism.

She said of his [1976 course on Objectivism][], “Unless or until I write
a comprehensive treatise on my philosophy, Dr. Peikoff’s course is the
only authorized presentation of the entire theoretical structure of
Objectivism—that is, the only one that I know of my own knowledge to be fully
accurate.” That course was the basis for his book Objectivism: The
Philosophy of Ayn Rand (written after her death)—a systematic
presentation of the philosophy’s essential principles.

Dr. Peikoff’s first book, The Ominous Parallels,
applies the principles of Objectivism to explain the rise of Nazism in
Germany/and observes how the same evil ideas behind that movement are at work
in America. Ayn Rand’s introduction to the book praised it as offering “a
truly revolutionary idea in the field of the philosophy of history.”

Dr. Peikoff was a contributor to and an associate editor (with Ayn Rand) of
The Objectivist (1966–71) and The Ayn Rand Letter
(1971–76). Designated by Ayn Rand as her legal heir and literary executor, he
has edited most of her posthumous books and was instrumental in the founding of
the Ayn Rand Institute.

He is the foremost interpreter of Ayn Rand’s ideas writing and lecturing
today.

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A biography of Dr. Peikoff and a comprehensive list of his works can be found on his Web site.